Eric Zorn Speeches: Why I'm Proud to be a Liberal It's mindboggling to me that such a large number of "center-right" believe that liberalism is truly evil. Here is a spirited defense of liberalism which acknowledges failings and errors while arguing for the fundamental goal of protecting "individuals, often and particularly powerless and poor individuals, from forces in society that, unchecked, will tend to harm them."

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"If liberals are guilty of romanticizing the beneficial possibilities of government--which we sometimes are--that foolishness is more than matched by the romantic, even superstitious faith that conservatives place in the quote-unquote free market. "